Whitney Gelin
| Phone: | (336) 272-7102, ext. 691 |
| Email: | whitney.gelin@greensboro.edu |
| Position: | SWA/Head Softball Coach/Strength & Conditioning Coach |
After just two seasons with The Pride, Gelin has climbed
into third place for all-time victories with 50.
Her career record stands at 50-32-1 with a record of 26-9 against
conference opponents.
In her second year at the helm of the program, The Pride put
together a record 22-17 and advanced to the semifinals of the
USA South Athletic Conference tournament.
Gelin had a remarkable debut season for the Pride in
2010. GC went 28-15-1, won its first USA South championship, and
advanced to its first NCAA tournament. The Pride had a program
record 17-game winning streak during the year. Gelin helped develop
the conference Player of the Year (Becca Pink) and Rookie Pitcher
of the Year (Hannah Pennell).
Gelin spent the previous two years as a GC assistant softball
coach under Kama Tucker.
While at GC Gelin also has served as strength and conditioning
coach for Pride athletics, and worked as an assistant manager at
the College’s Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center.
A 2007 graduate of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill,
Gelin played softball for the Tar Heels. She was an academic team
captain, and a four-year letter-winner. Gelin was awarded the Papa
Coach’s Award in 2007 and the Carroll Hustle Award in
2005.
Gelin was a double major in exercise and sport science, and
psychology, and has extensive strength training and physiology
knowledge. She is a three-time winner of UNC’s Iron Ram
award presented to the top five Carolina female athletes.
"I am honored to be the head softball coach at Greensboro
College," Gelin said. "We have a very hard working, talented group
of girls on the roster for the upcoming seasons, and have high
expectations for the future of the program. It's a pleasure to have
the opportunity to continue to build a program with such a sound
foundation, and to represent a classy athletic department like
Greensboro College."
A native of Inverness, FL., Gelin was a standout high school
athlete at Citrus High School. She was a second team all state
selection in softball and and two-time state weightlifting
champion. In January of 2010, Gelin was named her County's Athlete
of the Decade by the Citrus County Chronicle.
What does Gelin do in her free time? In December, 2009 she
made the United States pre-Olympic handball team and competed
overseas in an international tournament. She had only been playing
team handball for six months.







